CNU Salons
Green or Grey? What Color Better Suits the Athenian Eleonas?
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 3:09pmIncorporating Active Living into City Planning in the Twin Cities: Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 3:07pmThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid
CNU Holds CSS Trainings in Chicago
Submitted by Heather Smith on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 12:08pmCNU continues to challenge engineers, designers, and planners to create streets that add economic value.
Another example of the fragility of sprawl (maybe)
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 9:07amAfter last week's snowstorm, New York City rebounded smartly: the streets are plowed, the subways are running. By contrast, the school where I teach (40 miles out in Suffollk County) is closed. Why? Because the students mostly live in suburbs near the school, and many of them are snowed in because the county can't plow the roads fast enough. Cars and blizzards simply do not mix, and evidently it is easier to repair a few train lines than it is to plow thousands of miles of roadways.
What I (Sort of) Wish I'd Said
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 10:10pmLast Friday, I gave a speech on conservatives and smart growth at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference. At the panel discussion after the speech I was asked "what if you want to build something nice and your neighbor wants to build a car wash?" I gave an honest but nuanced answer about how zoning is fine in the right hands, but that it is so often abused that I wonder about whether the benefits are worth the costs, etc.
Mayors Appeal to Roadway Designers at Workshop in Chicago
Submitted by Chris McCahill on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:57pmOn Thursday, February 7, the Congress for the New Urbanism led the first of two day-long workshops for transportation professionals in Chicagoland. More than 50 people filled a room at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to focus on the CNU/ITE recommended practice, Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach.
An Architectural Challenge: White Tower Square in Thessaloniki, Greece
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 3:22pmZoning: Both the Villain and the Hero of Cities
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 3:20pmClinton Presidential Library Honors CNU Charter Member Robert Gibbs
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 12:20pmRobert J. Gibbs, ASLA, CNU-A was honored by the Clinton Presidential Library‘s School of Public Service for his career’s contributions in urban planning and development. As a William J. Clinton Distinguished Lecturer, Gibbs presented: “How Great Communities are Conceived and Built,” based on his new book Principles for Urban Retail Planning and Development.